PTC Case Studies Volvo Group Delivers Digital Thread Through Lens of Augmented Reality

	Volvo Group Delivers Digital Thread Through Lens of Augmented Reality PTC

Volvo Group Delivers Digital Thread Through Lens of Augmented Reality

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation Analytics & Modeling - Virtual & Augmented Reality Software
Applicable Industries	Automotive
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Digital Thread
Services	Hardware Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	In today’s rapidly changing market, customization has become the new normal. This presents new quality assurance challenges as product complexity and unique configurations increase in volume and rate of change. Volvo’s engines are very sophisticated with 4,500 different engine information variants for just one plant and for 13,000 variants for the full plant for referencing. Training new operators on the complex inspection procedures takes five weeks, which adds to the overall cost of quality. Read More
About Customer	Global truck manufacturer Read More
Customer Name	Volvo Trucks Read More
Solution	Utilizing PTC not only for its leading Vuforia enterprise Augmented Reality suite of capabilities, but also for its end-to-end solution for creating and scaling a digital thread. Utilizing the ThingWorx Industrial Internet of Things platform, engineering updates from Creo engine computer- aided design (CAD) iterations, downstream Windchill product lifecycle management (PLM) and manufacturing operations technology Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation

Analytics & Modeling - Virtual & Augmented Reality Software

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Digital Thread

Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

In today’s rapidly changing market, customization has become the new normal. This presents new quality assurance challenges as product complexity and unique configurations increase in volume and rate of change.

Volvo’s engines are very sophisticated with 4,500 different engine information variants for just one plant and for 13,000 variants for the full plant for referencing.

Training new operators on the complex inspection procedures takes five weeks, which adds to the overall cost of quality.

About Customer

Global truck manufacturer

Customer Name

Volvo Trucks

Solution

Utilizing PTC not only for its leading Vuforia enterprise Augmented Reality suite of capabilities, but also for its end-to-end solution for creating and scaling a digital thread.

Utilizing the ThingWorx Industrial Internet of Things platform, engineering updates from Creo engine computer- aided design (CAD) iterations, downstream Windchill product lifecycle management (PLM) and manufacturing operations technology

Impact #1	The single source of truth created by the digital thread will be delivered through the lens of augmented reality, ensuring QA workers can access and view the latest engine configurations and supporting materials in near real time.
Impact #2	Using a Vuforia augmented reality experience, operators can quickly recall the most up-to-date configurations in 3D to ease the burden of sorting through stacks of paper, creating gains in productivity.

Impact #1

The single source of truth created by the digital thread will be delivered through the lens of augmented reality, ensuring QA workers can access and view the latest engine configurations and supporting materials in near real time.

Impact #2

Using a Vuforia augmented reality experience, operators can quickly recall the most up-to-date configurations in 3D to ease the burden of sorting through stacks of paper, creating gains in productivity.

Benefit #1	It previously took Volvo more than a day to update and validate the configuration and QA checklists with new engine iterations across workstations and facilities. With the implementation of a digital thread and augmented reality, this time is reduced to less than an hour.
Benefit #2	With the AR technology, the training of quality operators will be reduced to less than two weeks.

Benefit #1

It previously took Volvo more than a day to update and validate the configuration and QA checklists with new engine iterations across workstations and facilities. With the implementation of a digital thread and augmented reality, this time is reduced to less than an hour.

Benefit #2

With the AR technology, the training of quality operators will be reduced to less than two weeks.

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Volvo Group Delivers Digital Thread Through Lens of Augmented Reality

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